Senior Nurse for Unscheduled Care
ProCare Community Services
Job summary
Are you an experienced Community Nurse wanting a new and exciting Challenge? This post is to work within the Community Nursing team to deliver unscheduled care to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and ensure patients receive a two hour response when clinically indicated. This post will support the planned community nursing work by supporting with unplanned care for patient on the Community Nursing caseload. You will be visiting patients in their own homes where they have a clinical need for nursing intervention to avoid hospital attendance, GP appointment, escalation to 999 or deterioration.
We offer Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and NHS Pension. Procare are committed to supporting the development of all employees to their full potential and all employees working within the Procare Community Services adult community nursing service will additionally have access to the staff benefits, learning and development opportunities offered by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. Procare is supporting staff with completing a variety of external course such as V300 prescribing and Advanced Clinical Practice which successful candidates will be able to register interest in.
Main duties of the job
Are you an experienced Community Nurse, passionate for high quality patient care?
Are you seeking career development in a clinically led organisation, at the forefront of the revolution of community nursing?
Working within the Community Nursing team as a senior nurse you will support the Community Nursing team to ensure effective, efficient, safe, and high-quality nursing care for patients and carers, ensuring unnecessary hospital admissions are avoided and ensuring patients known to the Community Nursing team receive a two hour response when clinically indicated. The role will allow direct clinical care to be given to support patients remaining at home safely and with independence. You will be delivering care in line with patients care plans and have access to the escalation of concerns to senior clinicians, GP, adult community services colleagues and Geriatrician of the day at the Royal Surrey.
Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday and will be required to travel to patients, across Guildford and Waverley.
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full-time, Part-time
Salary
£43,574 to £49,587 a year Inclusive of Fringe High Cost Area Supplement Pro Rata
Closing date
16/04/2023